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US 2026/0261088 A1Published application
Insulating bead for rf connector
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorsJoseph B. SEGER, JR., Daniel R. BIRCH, David S. BERAUN, Troy B. HOLLAND
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Abstract
An RF connector is tuned by a process of determining an impedance profile for the RF connector, determining a structure of the insulating bead that provides the impedance profile, and forming the insulating bead by an additive manufacturing process. The additive manufacturing process can be a three-dimensional (3D) printing process.
Claims24
An electrical connector comprising:
- a connector housing;
- a conductor;
- and
- a three-dimensional (3D) printed or non-extruded insulating bead that is defined by a tuned lattice or mesh structure and that electrically insulates a portion of the conductor from the connector housing.
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A RF connector comprising:
- an electrically conductive housing;
- a conductor;
- and
- an insulating bead that electrically insulates the conductor from the electrically conductive housing, wherein
- the insulating bead defines a lattice structure including a plurality of void spaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.